| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Notts. County | 18 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| 2 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Ath. | 18 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | |||
| 3 | Northampton Town | 17 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Oldham Athletic | 19 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 19 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | ||||
| 6 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | ||||
| 7 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| 8 | Colchester United | 19 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |||
| 9 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | ||||
| 10 | Peterborough United | 18 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 20 | ||||
| 12 | Exeter City | 18 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 23 | ||||
| 14 | Lincoln City | 17 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | ||||
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 19 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||
| 17 | Southend United | 19 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 19 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |||
| 19 | Cambridge United | 18 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 20 | Aldershot | 19 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | |||
| 21 | Brentford | 18 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | |||
| 22 | Hartlepool | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 23 | Barrow | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 23 | |||
| 24 | Newport County | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |||